Keeping in mind that this was originally published back in the late 70’s, this would have been really progressive.@dbig 1oohh: Try not to be such a moron. If he’s in the middle of a football game, the last thing any gay guy is going to be interested in is your ass. We might check you out in the shower afterwards, but even then, if we know you’re straight, we’re not going to waste our time.
Straight guys: This is how it works for gay guys. Pay attention! Why would we want to waste our time with you when 1) You’re going to be rotten in bed and have no idea what the hell you’re doing. And 2) after the lousy sex, you’re going to go through all sorts of stupid guilt/anxiety head games and who the hell needs that?OR, we can find another gay guy who will 1) Know exactly what he’s doing in bed and both of us are in for some great sex. And 2) Is happy being a gay man so he doesn’t need to go through any stupid head games.
See straight guys? You’re fun to look at, and sometimes you’re even fun to flirt with, but we don’t actually want you. You’re not worth the trouble.
@RobI appreciate the time you took to reassure us of that-the passive aggressive little swipe at our relative lovemaking notwithstanding. In the spirit of give and take, my reply is thus: It’s not normal, upstanding homosexuals like yourself that straight guys like myself find unnerving. I won’t lie to you-you’re different than us, and that makes us uneasy, but we have the same reaction to women. And since you’re not as fun to look at and play around with as they are, we can be thoughtlessly cruel, but we don’t mean it. Most of us know a gay man or two, and are fine with it, as long as we aren’t forced to think about it too hard. What REALLY gets us uptight and down on the gay lifestyle are the few black sheep amongst your ranks. You know who they are. They’re a minority among you, but they’re so…flamboyant that they seem like your representatives. Like an older fella from my job, who derives perverse enjoyment from informing male colleagues of his ‘nefarious plan’ to rape them. So, Gay guys: This is how it works for straight guys. Be cool, and be comfortable with who you are, and don’t make a big deal of it. Once we get used to it, we’ll be bros anytime. But as soon as you’re so uncomfortable with yourself that you use it to make us uncomfortable, we’ll turn on you. It’s not necessarily fair, or even RIGHT, but we’re not really socially adept-we haven’t got a lot of tools to work with, but most of us really are trying. Good luck.
sottwell over 13 years ago
Does every homo- or bi- sexual have to be a raging nymphomaniac? Maybe they would find you somewhat less appealing than you might wish they did.
rob9108 over 13 years ago
Keeping in mind that this was originally published back in the late 70’s, this would have been really progressive.@dbig 1oohh: Try not to be such a moron. If he’s in the middle of a football game, the last thing any gay guy is going to be interested in is your ass. We might check you out in the shower afterwards, but even then, if we know you’re straight, we’re not going to waste our time.
Straight guys: This is how it works for gay guys. Pay attention! Why would we want to waste our time with you when 1) You’re going to be rotten in bed and have no idea what the hell you’re doing. And 2) after the lousy sex, you’re going to go through all sorts of stupid guilt/anxiety head games and who the hell needs that?OR, we can find another gay guy who will 1) Know exactly what he’s doing in bed and both of us are in for some great sex. And 2) Is happy being a gay man so he doesn’t need to go through any stupid head games.
See straight guys? You’re fun to look at, and sometimes you’re even fun to flirt with, but we don’t actually want you. You’re not worth the trouble.
Nimue over 13 years ago
@RobI appreciate the time you took to reassure us of that-the passive aggressive little swipe at our relative lovemaking notwithstanding. In the spirit of give and take, my reply is thus: It’s not normal, upstanding homosexuals like yourself that straight guys like myself find unnerving. I won’t lie to you-you’re different than us, and that makes us uneasy, but we have the same reaction to women. And since you’re not as fun to look at and play around with as they are, we can be thoughtlessly cruel, but we don’t mean it. Most of us know a gay man or two, and are fine with it, as long as we aren’t forced to think about it too hard. What REALLY gets us uptight and down on the gay lifestyle are the few black sheep amongst your ranks. You know who they are. They’re a minority among you, but they’re so…flamboyant that they seem like your representatives. Like an older fella from my job, who derives perverse enjoyment from informing male colleagues of his ‘nefarious plan’ to rape them. So, Gay guys: This is how it works for straight guys. Be cool, and be comfortable with who you are, and don’t make a big deal of it. Once we get used to it, we’ll be bros anytime. But as soon as you’re so uncomfortable with yourself that you use it to make us uncomfortable, we’ll turn on you. It’s not necessarily fair, or even RIGHT, but we’re not really socially adept-we haven’t got a lot of tools to work with, but most of us really are trying. Good luck.
Argon321 over 13 years ago
@Roadbuster. LOL! Sweet poetic justice. Now you know how we women feel when men leer at us.